outstanding

/aut'stændiɳ/

Thân thiện

An outstanding student receives a gold medal at the school ceremony.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Exceptionally good; excellent; distinguished: Used to describe something or someone that is remarkably good or superior in quality, achievement, or performance.
   • Still existing, not yet resolved or settled: Used to describe something, such as a debt, issue, or task, that remains to be paid, completed, or dealt with.
   • Prominent; conspicuous; striking: Used to describe something that is very noticeable or obvious.

Usage Examples

• Meaning: Exceptionally good:
  • She received an award for her outstanding contribution to science.
  • The restaurant is known for its outstanding service and food.
• Meaning: Not yet settled:
  • He has several outstanding parking tickets.
  • The committee addressed the outstanding issues from the last meeting.
• Meaning: Prominent or striking:
  • The tower is an outstanding landmark on the city's skyline.
  • There was an outstanding similarity between the two paintings.

Advanced Usage

• "Outstanding in the field": A phrase often used to describe someone who is preeminent or the best in their particular area of expertise.
  • She is outstanding in the field of genetic research.
• "Leave outstanding": To intentionally not settle or resolve something, allowing it to remain.
  • The court left the constitutional question outstanding for a future case.

Variants and Related Words

• Outstandingly (adverb): In an outstanding manner; exceptionally.
  • The team performed outstandingly well under pressure.

Synonyms

• Excellent: Extremely good.
• Unpaid: Not yet discharged by payment.
• Unresolved: Not settled or concluded.
• Prominent: Important; famous; projecting.
• Conspicuous: Standing out so as to be clearly visible.

Antonyms

• Mediocre: Of only moderate quality; not very good.
• Paid: Discharged by payment.
• Resolved: Settled or found a solution to.
• Ordinary: With no special or distinctive features; normal.

Related Phrases

• Outstanding balance: The amount of money still owed on an account.
  • Please pay your outstanding balance by the end of the month.
• Outstanding achievement: A remarkable and praiseworthy accomplishment.
  • Winning the championship was an outstanding achievement for the young team.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of major significance or importance
   • a great work of art
   • Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey
2. owed as a debt
   • outstanding bills
   • the amount still owed
   • undischarged debts
3. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
   • an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
   • a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
   • salient traits
   • a spectacular rise in prices
   • a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
   • a striking resemblance between parent and child
4. distinguished from others in excellence
   • did outstanding work in human relations
   • an outstanding war record

Từ đồng nghĩa

• great
• owing
• undischarged
• prominent
• salient
• spectacular
• striking